Culture Vulture + Samantha Morton

British actor Samantha Morton is in talks to play the widow of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis in a film about his life, Variety reveals . . . The BBC is attempting to woo new writers with a prime-time slot dedicated to original dramas. The Evening Play scheme will broadcast six one-hour films by up-and-coming writers in summer 2006, The Stage reports . . . The Pritzker prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid has designed an environmentally friendly car that runs on hydrogen for the US art dealer Kenny Schachter, according to the Architects' Journal.